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When a two-year-old boy visited a zoo in Chiba, Japan, over the weekend, he had no idea how close he’d come to life-threatening danger.

It’s easy to forget that the beautiful animals in zoos don’t lose their instincts when they’re placed behind glass. When the cutie in the yellow coat turned around after getting an up-close and personal view of a powerful male lion, the cat charged the class to get a closer look at him (or worse).

Although zookeepers have reportedly claimed that the lion meant no harm and simply wanted to play, it’s hard to come to a solid conclusion either way.

According to Adam Roberts, chief executive of Born Free USA, things could have ended very differently. “Lions are natural predators and the child in this video, especially when turning his back to the massive feline, became prey in the animal’s eyes,” he said. “The firm glass wall held the lion inside his enclosure, surely frustrating his innate instincts. If the barrier had not held up, the consequences could have been catastrophic.”

Fortunately, this situation ended well for both the child and the lion.

You know what’s the worst? Running into glass doors. You know what’s the best? Watching other people do it. Of course, the funny factor goes down significantly when those in the latter party get hurt in the process, but most of the time, run-ins with glass doors do more harm to people’s pride than they do to their bodies.

To honor this staple of human stupidity, let’s take a look at some of the best gifs that the Internet has to offer.

Every parent knows that there comes a point in a child’s life when you have to start weaning them off their pacifier. Withdrawal symptoms can be rough — there’s crying and temper tantrums, but ultimately, it’s for their own good.

You can’t be a grown-up with a Binky.

But Max here would beg to differ. The fully grown golden refuses to let go of his prized pacifier, despite his mom gently coaxing the cutie to give it up.

Just let him have it! I mean, who could deny this sweet face anything?

Growing up, my favorite arcade game was always whack-a-mole.

With the taunting creature popping up when you least expect it, the classic game is both a test of your reflexes and an excellent stress reliever. Recently, one Belgian man proved that the game isn’t just for humans anymore.

After cutting holes into a cardboard box, Simon Newport used his finger to play whack-a-mole with his fur pal Wiske. Forget fancy, expensive cat toys — this tiny feline is in the zone when it comes to this game.

The loafers are lined with fur — kangaroo fur, to be exact.

No one likes to think about a kangaroo dying for a pair of loafers, but that hasn’t stopped celebs from wearing them.

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Dr. Daniel Ramp of the University of Technology Sydney told the Daily Mail that “using kangaroo fur to produce fashion footwear is exploitation, especially since populations are in decline. The killing of these animals is inhumane, there is collateral damage and kangaroo culling has a large social cost on the remaining families and their young. Kangaroos are not objects — they are highly intelligent social animals.”

British model Alexa Chung was spotted wearing them at Milan Fashion Week, as you can see below. Other fans of the footwear include Sienna Miller, Kendall Jenner, and Dakota Johnson.

Bears are already cute, but what this one in Laos was doing takes the cake.

While a man was visiting the small Southeast Asian country of Laos, a trip to the local zoo turned into something incredible. When he showed up at the sun bear pen, he noticed one of the inhabitants was doing something a little odd…

Why, hello gentleman bear.

Although this is adorable, it could be a sign of past abuse.

It’s possible this bear was rescued from a bile farm.

A bile farm is a facility that keeps bears captive in “crush cages” to harvest their bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It’s used in Chinese medicine, but life on such a farm is terrible for any creature.

There’s no information on the background of this bear, but hopefully his bipedal walking is just a quirk and not a sign of a lifetime of abuse. At least he can get out and enjoy the sun now!